THORNBURY -- With the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., in people's minds across the United States, the city's pain has radiated from New England into homes nationwide, including those in Chester County.

"This was really close to home for us because our daughter is 6 years old and we wanted to do something, even if it was something small to remember those kids," said David Subers, a resident of Thornbury Township.

Subers, along with his wife, Donna, and children, Dave and Macayla, came up with the idea of a memorial to remember the victims by. They placed the banner surrounded by luminary bags outside their home.

Though the memorial was a collective idea, the design and finished product was placed in the hands of their children, 11-year-old Dave and 6-year-old Macayla, both students at Sarah Starkweather Elementary School in the West Chester Area School District.

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The banner reads, "Angels of S.H.E. your light shines forever."

Under the words, Dave came up with the idea of drawing figures of the children. Alternating blue and pink, the figures were drawn with interlocking hands, a choice Dave said he made to represent family, hope and caring despite the tragedy.

The rest of the banner features the names of each of the victims complete with a set of wings drawn by both Dave and Macayla, which, they said, are meant as a symbol of goodness.

The banner remembers the 20 children and six adults who were fatally shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on the morning of Dec. 14. The shooter first shot and killed his mother before making his way to the school where he forced his way in and claimed 26 lives before turning the weapon on himself.

In the wake of the tragedy, communities from around the country have come together to remember the victims.

Memorials have sprung up everywhere in Chester County, including vigils last week in West Chester and Downingtown.

In Downingtown residents and community leaders gathered to pray and sing in memory of the victims, while in East Goshen, a supervisor collected letters of condolence from across the county to send to Connecticut.

"It's almost a guilt really that being Christmas, you move along with your plans and do what you have to do and you always remember them and think their Christmases will never be the same," Donna Subers said. "I think that's something that everybody will feel for them."

The Suberses said their son has come to understand what happened, but they do not want their daughter to know the full details at this time.

"She knew she was helping to create a Christmas poster to remember all the kids in heaven this Christmas," Donna said.

Donna Subers said the poster is a tribute to families who have lost their loved ones and even if it's in a small way, it's a way to remember them.

"There hasn't been a day that's gone by where we haven't thought about them," Subers said.